Typing Trademark, Copyright, Symbols on iOS with QuickType

The simplest way to type the trademark, copyright and other symbols in iOS is to use the QuickType bar across the top of the keyboard on the iPhone or iPad. If you haven’t done so already, be sure you show the QuickType bar on the iOS Keyboard to use this trick:

Open the app where you want to type a trademark symbol, copyright symbol, or registered symbol (notes, Mail, Messages, etc)

Type the following shorthand to trigger the QuickType keyboard to offer a symbol replacement:

Tap on the appropriate symbol in QuickType bar to type the symbol offered

The QuickType method may be easiest for some users, but if you don’t use QuickType bar or you have a version of iOS that does not support it, you can also use the emoji keyboard on iOS to type the same special character symbols.

Typing Trademark, Copyright Symbols on iPhone and iPad with Emoji

Another option to type the various copyright, trademark and registered symbols is to use the Emoji keyboard, yes the same Emoji keyboard with all the goofy faces. First you must enable the Emoji keyboard on the iPhone or iPad if you have not done so already, the rest is easy:

A third option would be to use the iOS Copy & Paste function to copy the symbols and then paste them into the location where you want to type them, though that really shouldn’t be necessary if you use either the autocorrect method or the emoji keyboard method.

Know of another way to type various useful symbols on the iPhone or iPad? Have a better method available? Let us know in the comments below.

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